Film & Television vocabulary · Editing and Post-Production
Visual effects
Meaning in film & television, with examples
/ˌvɪʒuəl ɪˈfekts/nounCore term
In film & television, visual effects means: Images that are created or changed digitally after filming, such as adding crowds, removing objects, building cities or creating creatures.
In Turkish: görsel efektler, VFX
How it is used
Shortened to VFX. Work is done by VFX artists and studios, led by a VFX supervisor who is also on set. CGI (computer-generated imagery) is one kind of visual effects. Shots that need work are called VFX shots.
Example sentences
The film has more than six hundred visual effects shots.
We used visual effects to remove the modern buildings from the 1920s street.
Common collocations
visual effects supervisor
visual effects studio
VFX shot
CGI
invisible effects
Related terms
green screenA plain bright green background that actors are filmed in front of, so that the green can be removed later and replaced with another image.
post-productionAll the work done on a film after the shoot ends, including editing, visual effects, color grading, sound design, music and the final mix.
color gradingThe post-production process of adjusting the colors, contrast and brightness of the images to give the film a consistent and expressive look.
stuntA dangerous or difficult action in a film, such as a fall, fight, fire scene or car crash, performed by trained professionals.
